Soho Hong Kong to Central Hong Kong Walking Tour (2019) / 蘇豪區到中環香港 (2019)

Soho Hong Kong to Central Hong Kong Walking Tour (2019). Recorded in 4k on June 2019. Highly recommended to use headphones to experience 3D surround sound. No talking or distracting captions.
Filmed using:
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Soho Hong Kong Info:
The SoHo (Chinese: 蘇豪; also 荷南 and 荷南美食區; formally 中環蘇豪區) district in Hong Kong is an entertainment zone located in Central and bordering between Lan Kwai Fong and Sheung Wan, within Central. The name is derived from its location: South of Hollywood Road.
The Central-Mid-Levels escalator was built in 1993; the now vibrant character of SoHo is attributed to the creation of the escalator system, which at the time was the longest escalator system in the world. Prior to the escalator construction, the area was populated by many elderly locals, old go-downs and porcelain shops.
The area now consists of restaurants, bars, nightclubs, art galleries and antique stores of Staunton Street and Elgin Street. SoHo also is home to the first full-time comedy club in Asia, The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong. Hong Kong taxi drivers usually regard "SoHo" to mean either Staunton Street or Elgin Street.
Buildings in the SoHo area are a mix of commercial/residential, with the commercial businesses on the lower floors, and residential above the First Floors. Around the same time the Mid Levels Escalator was built, a few foreigners started to move into the area, taking up both commercial premises and renting flats. At the time the flats were cheaper than other expat areas in Hong Kong, and only a few minutes' walk from the business district.
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Contacts:
Instagram: @alanchuatravels

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

🚶‍♂️ All Hong Kong Walking Tours - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXLOdI2Yoqumi5Y

[@raymondcheng3833]

I was hoping you’d turn left on Hollywood Rd at 5:47. That’s where I lived in Hong Kong 40 years ago. I live in Los Angeles now. Brings back so many memories. Thanks. 👍

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

@@raymondcheng3833 40 years ago is a real long time. Do you still recognise any prominent old building or structures?

[@laxmi5887]

@@raymondcheng3833 qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqpqqqpaw lol 0qqqqqqqqqqqqqq

[@perryhongkongwalker]

Good video

[@streetsofasia8895]

Hong Kong is such an amazing city. I love all the hills and overpasses. I've been twice already and can't wait to go back.

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Yeah I can't wait to go back and visit it again. I'm going to make sure I spend more time in the city outskirts in next time. Hong Kong has many under rated nature walks.

[@DISTER141]

@streetsofasia8895 don’t go now because it’s very very unsafe!

[@breadyegg]

Agreed. The level design is amazing.

[@markcouch4235]

I was lucky to have lived nearby in Guangzhou for many years - I always looked forward to popping into HK occasionally

[@klarissadeleon3815]

Yes, I also love Hong Kong. It is a wild and amazing city. I have been there twice. I can't wait to go back. I just wonder as Beijing gets more control of the Hong Kong government will it be the same ever again.

[@maureenguichard7291]

We lived on Robinson Road from 2015-2020. It is so great to see this video and remembering our past life.

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Glad the video brought back memories for you both ☺️

[@rinaisaans]

I always visit your channel whenever I want to reminisce my trip to HK last 2017. Thank you so much. I find these walking vlogs really calming and it's very asmr to me even though it's not really asmr type haha. Maybe it's because I also love walking in the city and observing people XD Ahhh, Nostalgia T^T

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Glad to hear from you Pinky and happy to know the video are of "asmr" standard to you 😊 hope to revisit Hong Kong again once the pandemic is over and see if the city has changed

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Hi friends. My name is Alan and I recently visited one of Hong Kong's iconic places: SoHo (which I found is actually a short form for South of Hollywood Road). Most of the bars weren't in full swing yet but the murals were a nice sightseeing experience. Have you been to this part of Hong Kong before? Let me know your experience in the comments below. =) If you are keen to see and hear more of Hong Kong, do check out my playlist below. Hong Kong Walking Tours - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnm1aIFsnNiZisk

[@evanharyanto3235]

Nice video... can u make more about china? Like Hongkong, Taiwan, Beijing etc

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

@@evanharyanto3235 Goodness. I just saw your comment after 10 months 😅 I am sorry. KZbin is not exactly the most prompt when it comes to notifying incoming messages. Yup I made a couple of videos on Taiwan and parts of China. You can check out my playlist section. Currently due to covid no travel is "allowed" so will be staying put in my country of Singapore for the time being.

[@evanharyanto3235]

@@DiscoveryWalkingToursTVtq nice to see your vlog... love it

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

@@evanharyanto3235 Thanks Haryanto 😄 Will continue to keep filming and posting. Stay safe and healthy in these covid times

[@rascalhusky8129]

Another great video , you do a really good job . I recognize this area very much . Hong Kong is a destination that is very hard to forget . We in September spent four night in kowloon, in the Dorset hotel . We also went for a day trip to Tai O and found it a great education. My wife who is very hard to please is so happy in Hong Kong it makes me think in her last life this was home . Thanks

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

🤣 Perhaps when this virus is all over (and hopefully the protests stop), we can all visit it again

[@Andy1076]

This area seems to have a bit of everything, bridges for instagrammable moments and busy streets for the urban photographer. I see the famous long escalator too that I see all the time. So cool!

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Yeah it really has everything. If I had a chance I would come here again to spend 1 full day to take photographs. 😊

[@Andy1076]

@@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV It would be my dream spot to do it at 😁

[@polyparenthesispress6711]

Love this area of Hong Kong. Thanks for the memories.

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

I hear you. Its really a bustling side of Hong Kong. I took it a few weeks before all the rioting started to happen. I hope things turn out for the better and everything goes back to normal soon

[@DISTER141]

Discovery Walking Tours TV The troubles are gonna go on for years, I’m leaving permanently this summer bcoz of it!!

[@AndreTraveler]

Greetings from the U.K. Great video.

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Thanks Andre 😊 hope things are okay for you back in uk

[@E36333]

11:50 I really hope that lady on top of the escalator was okay

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

I hope so too

[@Rogapol]

HK is my second home, love it and miss it...however for the first time ever I just noticed the lack of greenery around the place. I know its a city but not many plants

[@LIKONDEEZNARTS]

i call it concrete jungle, all look the around the world

[@luuchoo93]

11:49 LOL

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

😉 Hope she is okay

[@bayuwa87]

i hope im not going to hell for laughing my ass off it

[@cv507]

1:15 > > ? 2:28 v v ! pHööL ^^

[@lewfah1991]

We died laughing at this too! 😂

[@leetshunjye]

I scroll the comment to check if someone else saw that too 😂

[@lauuvicky]

By chance, dig out this walking tour in HK. Alan, thanks for visiting HK and hope you like this neighourhood. I always have a drink and coffee here, a walking distance from where I live. Happy National Day.

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

It's a beautiful and atmospheric part of Hong Kong. Really miss the city. Wonder how everything is like over there

[@lauuvicky]

@@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV Looks almost the same but with more new coffee shops, bars, and bakery shops. The place was a bit quiet and some shops closed down due to COVID. Now, things are getting better, I mean economically.

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

@@lauuvicky Glad to see Hong Kong getting back on its feet. Will be happy to visit the city again once the pandemic is over. I personally haven't been to Causeway Bay before so it would be nice to see the area.

[@lauuvicky]

@@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV Same on my side. I really want to visit Singapore again, especially after learning so many new routes and places from you (e.g. Balisterier, Whampoa, Kellang, Tanjong Pagar, etc.) I used to visit SG at least once a year for my job. BTW, I suggest you may plan a walking tour from Causeway Bay all the way to Happy Valley when you can come to the city. Surely, you can capture lots of exciting scenes and architecture.

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

It will happen once this pandemic is over 🤗 did some memorable filming of Hong Kong during my last visit. I stayed at Sai Yin Pun and filmed the busy streets of Mongkok, Tsim Sha Tsui, Central, Tai Po etc. Even took a walk up to visit the 10000 Buddhas monastery. Good times 🤗 thanks for reminding me of them.

[@pllin240]

thanks another lovely video on HK 🙏🏻

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Thanks Kerry! Hong Kong has alot of iconic places. Glad to have a chance to visit this area.

[@rioluhulima]

Love the Central area. Thanks for this video, Alan. Are you using DJI Osmo Pocket?

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Glad you enjoyed it Rio 😊 yes I'm using the Osmo Pocket. Been using it since my first recording nearly 5 months back.

[@breadyegg]

It produces incredibly crisp and well exposed video, doesn't it. Cheaper and high quality alternatives are coming onto the market, but the Osmo is still king IMHO

[@GoodWalkers]

That's a great start! Very beautiful 😊 Hong Kong combines beautiful buildings and living houses and very closely to each other. I wonder to see it by myself 😊 6:30 I like pictures on the wall 😊 I see, that you are going up and down there. You have many hills 😊 And I see many european people😊 33:35 is it a center? 😊 Great ending on the building! 😊 Thank You!😊 It's a great video 😊

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Yeah Hong Kong can be considered as a cosmopolitan city so you will see people of various races there. Hong Kong doesn't have much (if any) flat land so they have to build by the sea or on the side of the hills. Its quite steep in certain areas

[@FranciscoCruz-rq1og]

i like tours all hong kong thank you...

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Glad you liked it 😁

[@amightysailingman]

Thank you for these great videos. I doubt I will ever visit HK again, between the expense, family responsibilities and the 15-hour flights each way, so this is the only way I'll get to "visit" again. Not to mention the things my mind doesn't want to remember, like the very tired feet from walking 30km or so around the city every day. The difficulty of finding addresses since almost nobody puts street numbers on their buildings and GPS is nearly useless in a dense, tall city like HK. For instance, I had a terrible time finding Tai Cheong Bakery, famous for its egg custard tarts. Good to see it when you were on Lyndhurst Terrace. I was hoping you would show a shot of the inside and was pleasantly surprised when you did at 5:07. And I hated the 12-hour jet lag that meant I always woke up in the middle of the night there.

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

I hear you 😊 I dream about traveling to Europe again some day. Then I recall the 15 hour flights and lay overs and I start to think again 🤣 that said I wish to have a holiday and travel once this covid is over. Been stuck in Singapore for the whole year and it reminded me how vulnerable and small our island is. It would be great to visit Hong Kong again for its hiking trails.

[@amightysailingman]

@@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV Dragon's Back was gorgeous. Really enjoyed hiking on that.

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

@@amightysailingman it is on my go to list. Got a few spots like Lion's Rock that I wanted to try. 😁

[@dorseylandria6119]

@11:52 OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHE FELL!!!! and the lady in the pink walked right by her.

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

😅🤣

[@daisywang7652]

Nice walk thanks Alan.

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@AmbientWalking]

Nice walk!

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

I'm lucky I managed to experience the area before the protests. 3 days after I left Hong Kong, the marches started happening

[@AmbientWalking]

@@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV Wa yeah! Damn lucky. Or else sure kenan trapped at airport.

[@fireworkdisplaysuk]

11:49 😂

[@Ares_Al]

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[@StanligFilms]

another nice tour! cool!

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Glad to hear from you Stanlig =) Yeah Soho's vibes are pretty good. Heard the bars are pretty happening in the evenings and nights but unfortunately I didn't stay in the area that long

[@StanligFilms]

@@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV agree with soho, i was walking drunk back to my hotel last christmas hahaha love following your tours

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

@@StanligFilms Haha. I hope the hotel was nearby. I don't drink anymore after a disastrous experience when I was much younger. Now I just settle for coffee or tea =D

[@ASEANnationsRVina]

Beautiful and seems like it's easy to find foods or sth else to eat, but honestly how can they keep social distancing during the pandemic?

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

It's challenging. But I'm sure every city and country will find a way to have a balance. 🤔

[@ilhamtlam5250]

people looks like chickpeas 😂😂 If someone steals you, don't go to the police🙏🤷‍♂️

[@VictorNobrega1986]

Is the travel bubble open yet between Hong Kong and Singapore? Did I ask that already in another video? Sorry if I did. Great work

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

The travel bubble got delayed. Hong Kong is experiencing a surge in cases so our two governments postpone it for the time being

[@Amazonas.Inf_2]

I will meet you soon, hello directly from Manaus, Amazonas Brazil

[@cv507]

kljn up yör / our plännetz pearl förste ^ ^

[@marutabdullah6471]

It seems that I'm in Hong Kong,just follow your way,that is authentic HK.

[@johnbull3184]

Hai..how to start walking from caine road to escalator toward central? Thank you🙏

[@jellojiggle1]

So cozy. I love it! 💖

[@hungnguyenvan4973]

Tôi đã đến hongkong, nhưng xem lại rất hay

[@khaledmostafa1310]

Tradation and manufacturing system must be like this

[@pllin240]

reminiscing the "old" HK

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Hope the "old" Hong Kong will come back sooner, rather than later.

[@cv507]

it is... still steep ^^ let the öld air fürnäß? do its job. then you have old hk. then let the old euro geomantist vvörq ^ ^ before the ´´yellöw män´´ arrived ?

[@pavelyankouski4913]

Looks interesting

[@masmanado]

Skip to 11:48

[@authenticdirect]

I have a question. I’m trying to gonto hong Kong and stay in the area of Tsim Tsa Tsui and Mong Kok, many people from other countries are suggesting me not to go because is dangerous, which I don’t believe, and I also know that people are afraid of everything. I think I will be fine staying out of eventual protests and enjoy walking around anyway. hope you can give me a clear answer to my question.

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Hi Attract. Nice to hear from you. I'm not a Hong Konger so I would be hard pressed to give you an answer on how "safe" the place is. These clips of Hong Kong were done almost 1~2 weeks before the protest/riots started to occur. Based on what my friends in Hong Kong tell me, it can be havoc on a main street, and the streets by either side, life goes on 😁 Hopefully a Hong Konger will see your comment and provide a factual on the ground tips on how to stay safe 😊

[@ngkwan2003]

as a local citizen borned and raised in hong kong i can 100% guarantee this is unwarranted , somebody think there is dangerous just beacuse of the protests(now here is safe)so please feel free to travel.

[@authenticdirect]

@@ngkwan2003 Thanks. I will go to Hong Kong.

[@life2short913]

So clean

[@TheTruthIsFiction]

8:58 Interesting. The latest version of macOS.

[@DevInvest]

Richest man in Hong Kong is the dude doing all the BREAK JOBS!!.. holy cow this place is STEEP!

[@orhonbilgun]

11:49 xaxaxaxa

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

🤣 i forgot i actually filmed this. Hope the lady is okay with no lasting hurt.

[@breadyegg]

The attempt to catch her fall was funny enough but the squawk she made took it over the edge.

[@Amazonas.Inf_2]

Hong Kong 🏢🌆🏬👏👏👏👏

[@hungnguyenvan4973]

Good

[@danypheng7926]

ហេតុអីន៍ មនុស្ស យើង ភ្លែច ធាតុដើម្បើមបានន៍ ?

[@Oughut88]

I grew up there in the 60's and 70's and I enjoyed it enormously. There are so many aspects I love about Hong Kong, the people especially. However, I don't miss the poor quality of life. Even as a privileged expatriate the lifestyle is lacking in many respects - overcrowding and less than adequate access to a non urban environment. One has to go to a lot of effort to find a peace in a natural environment in Hong Kong.

[@Brazillianboi69]

Aren’t there mountains and parks away form the urban areas?

[@naufal6326]

11:50 is she ok?

[@Veersingh_3]

𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚐𝚜 👍

[@vuimai9389]

thank you. i want

[@EveryCorner.]

❤️🇭🇰❤️🇭🇰❤️

[@javiersalazar2153]

Sleeping dogs!! 2013. 😃🎉

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Haha. Its a great game =)

[@ghh3497]

فى هذه البلاد الكل يعمل وفقا للقانون والاحترام البشرى والمبادئ وليسوا من بلاد من عمل فيها بضمير حسب نادرة ومن اولياء الله الصالحين

[@khaledmostafa1310]

All people's lives arounding the seas in the world economic people's and practice

[@juanmanuelmedina559]

11:50 ajajaja la señora

[@markmraven]

"South of Hollywood Road" Asians 🍵

[@khaledmostafa7400]

بالتأكيد في العالم العربي يوجد من يماثل هؤلاء من التجار والصناع ورواد الاعمال ومن الممكن ان يتضامنوا وان تزدهر ثقافتهم وحياتهم وهي جديرة بذلك ولكنهم ( عاوزين يكفوا علي الخبر ماجور)

[@pixelatedvoids]

She really just fell like that huh

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Yeah. Guess she was too pre-occupied in taking photos to notice

[@breadyegg]

This is why you don't stand backwards on a lift, kids.

[@catherineborja693]

Rice queens' mom at 24:26 lol

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Is she someone famous in Hong Kong?

[@catherineborja693]

@@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV Her daughter is a popular vlogger from HKG, half-Chinese and half French. It's JLou. :)

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

@@catherineborja693 Ah okay! I heard of Jlou. Didn't realise that was her mom =) You have sharp eyes

[@dickiewongtk]

So this is when HK was still HK :'(

[@anneorzaga6785]

Hello Hk I miss you ! This place med levels area in central long escalator ..

[@nepoviemnepoviem314]

Kde býva bruce lee

[@loveiyaloveiya9513]

Central rood

[@nepoviemnepoviem314]

Prídeme to rozostavať

[@brentlaw9177]

9:07 Squeezing cheeks. You saw it first here boyz

[@nepoviemnepoviem314]

Vodaa

[@cv507]

1:15 > > ? 2:28 v v ! 5:39 ^ ^ hk the supyrp öff göngdöng ^^ wang schang ^ ^ 6:40 chi geöhmäntist ? 10:30 GövLD öv€R k´öLD ? 11:00 is that you ´´pröphett^^

[@nepoviemnepoviem314]

Zuburajte činu

[@pairotelee]

Quite boring without an English subtitle for my bad hearing - I went to school in Hong Kong for 9 years 1956-65 but never walked this area. If you going to make your video interesting, you should mention the streets & important buildings. (from my home in ' The City of Angels, Bangkok ')

[@pairotelee]

A China-born, Thai national is stupid for not learning how to Read & Write Chinese ... Sorry!

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Thanks for the comment Pairote. Apologies the audio doesn't really help. Just hope the visuals are of interest. I am a foreigner to these lands so other than knowing where to walk. I don't really know much of the place to add any further captions

[@nepoviemnepoviem314]

Buďte mať vodu

[@fong2506]

昔日的风光，今日已不复在........感谢暴徒！

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Happy to hear from you Michael and thanks for sharing your thoughts =)

[@fong2506]

@@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV You are most welcome bro. I love HK, and I definitely will make a visit there again when things go peaceful again. Cheers!

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

@@fong2506 Same here. I hope the city and its people will find a way forward. Hope to see you again for other videos =)

[@fong2506]

@@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV Sure thing. Peace bro! Jia You!

[@koreabaseball4]

中国万岁!人民币万岁!